点てん
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Meanings
Noun
1. dot; spot; point; speck; mark
2. mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; score; points
3. point (in a game); score; goal; run
4. point
5. point; aspect; matter; detail; part; respect; way; viewpoint
6. (punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point); dot
7. "dot" stroke (in a Chinese character)
Counter
8. counter for points, marks, goals, etc.
9. counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
Kanji used
Pitch accent
てん
Used in vocabulary
問もん題だい点てん
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
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決けっ勝しょう点てん
winning point; winning goal; game point (tennis, etc.); finishing line
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交こう差さ点てん
crossing; intersection
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分ぶん岐き点てん
fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
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平へい均きん点てん
average mark; mean point
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共きょう通つう点てん
point in common; common feature
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疑ぎ問もん点てん
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
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南なん極きょく点てん
(geographic) South Pole
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返かえり点てん
marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese
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折おり返かえし点てん
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
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発はっ火か点てん
point of ignition; flash point
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Examples283
I'm going to have two pieces in her gallery.
I can see the tiniest spot.
Our team is two points ahead.
Will you put a dot before the names of the successful students?
No one can approach him in wideness of knowledge.
That is not the point in question.